Hat-pouncing machine.



No. 659,259 Patented Oct. 9, I900.-

C. H. REID.

HAT POUNGING MACHINE.

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HAT POUNCING MACHINE.

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CHARLES H.' REID, OF DANBIIRY, CONNECTICUT.

HAT-POUNCING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 659,259. dated October9, 1900.

Application filed October 26, 1899. Serial No. 734,845. the model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. REID, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Danbury, in the county of Fairfield and State ofConnecticut, have invent-ed certain new and useful Improvements inHat-Pouncing Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in machinesfor pouncing hats, and has for one object to simplify the constructionof this class of machines.

A further object of my invention is to greatly improve the quality ofproductsecured from machines of this description, as will be more fullyhereinafter explained.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of I thisspecification, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved machine; Fig.2, a plan view thereof; Figs. 3 and 4, detail sectional elevations onthe lines m a: and 'y y, respectively, on Fig. 2; and Fig. 5, a detailperspective view'of a modified form of templet for use in connectionwith the manufacture of soft hats.

Similar letters of reference denote like parts in the several figures. nA is the bed of the machine, supported in any suitable manner, and B isa short vertical shaft journaled within a bearing b, supported on saidbed-plate. To the upper extremity of the shaft B is secured a hat-blockchuck 0, upon which is placed in the usual manner a hat-block c,carrying the hat-body (not shown) to be pounced. Journaled in a bearing01 on said bed-plate is a vertical shaft D, to the upper extremity ofwhich is secured a templet E, which, as regards conformation, is aduplicate of the block 0, over which the hat-body to be pounced issecured.

F E are two sprocket-wheels of equal diameters secured, respectively,upon the vertical shafts B D, and G is a sprocketchain which serves togear said sprockets together, so that the shafts upon which the latterare respectively mounted will rotate in harmony with each other.

H is a pulley tight on the shaft B and driven by a belt 1, running fromthe driving mechanism, which I will now describe.

J is a short horizontal shaft mounted in bearings K on the bed-plate,and L M N are pulleys tight on a sleeve P, which loosely surrounds saidshaft intermediate of said bearings K.

Q is a loose pulley adjacent to the pulley M, and R is a driving-beltrunning from a counter-shaft, (not shown,) as in ordinary .shoppractice, which belt by being shifted will run equally as well uponeither of the pulleys M Q.

The belt I, previously referred to, connects the pulley L with thepulleyH, and when the driving-belt R is in engagement with the pulley M,as seen in Fig. 2, the hat-block c and templet E will be rotatedsynchronously.

The pouncing or fur-grinding mechanism is carried by an arm pivoted insuch manner as to be capable of swinging freely over the top and aroundthe sides of the hat-body, so that the grinding-surface may be properlyapplied thereto, and I will now describe such mechanism.

'S is a yoke or frame pivoted around the shaft J, so as to swing freelywithin a vertiformed on the upper extremity of said shaft T and at rightangles therewith. Said rod V is restrained from any lengthwise movementby the collars 4), but is free to turn within its bearing after themanner of a swivel. W is the pouncing-arm, which is secured to said rodby clips w. It will thus be seen that the arm W is capable of swingingin both horizontal and vertical planes and is at the same time free toturn on a longitudinal axis. In other words, the various joints of saidarm W form in effect a ball-and-socket connection.

X is a roller journaled on the pouncing-arm and carrying a tight pulleyX,which is driven by a belt N, running from the pulley N.

Y is a slide which is preferably tubular in shape and telescoped overthe arm W, which is likewise tubular, and ,Y is a roller journaled onsaid slide.

' Z is a sandpaper pouncing-belt adapted to run on the rollers X Y.

6 indicates elongated slots cut in the tubular arm W in the direction ofthe latters length, through which a bolt f, carried by the slide Y,passes, and g is a coil-spring which bears heretofore used.

against said bolt, so that said slide and roller Y, carried thereby,will be resiliently thrust in a direction away from the rollerX, wherebythe pouncing-belt will be maintained sufliciently taut. An additionaladvantage of this construction is the facility with which thepouncing-belt may be put on or removed, the manner of so doing being tooobvious to require further explanation.

h is a roller supported in position by pivoted links 713, approximatelymidway between the rollers X Y and of somewhat greater diameter than thelatter. The pouncing-bclt iuoloses and travels around all three of saidrollers, as clearly shown in Fig. 1, the roller h being located directlyat that point where said belt comes in contact with the hat-body. Thefunction of said roller h is to limit or shorten the arc of contact ofthe pouncingbelt with the hat-body, or, in other words, should theroller h be dispensed with the pouucing-belt would assume a slightconcave form atthe point where in contact with the hat-body, thuscausing a greater area of both saidhat-bodyand belt to be in contact atthe same time, a condition unsuited to the attainment of excellentresults and materially affecting the quality of the product. Said rollerh, though yieldingly supported, is not in the nature of a soft,flexible, or elastic pad, since said roller is ordinarily made of woodand forms a substantial backing or reinforce ment for the pouncing-belt,and I have been enabled to secure far superior results by the employmentof this construction than any The action of the pouncing-belt inconnection with this roller h is such that the long coarse hairs arequickly removed from the hat-body, while but little of the finer fur iscut away, thus enabling the manufacturer to use a hat-body of muchlighter initial weight, thereby effecting a great saving in material andconsequent reduction of the cost of manufacture.

Z is a belt-shifter pivotally attached to the yoke or frame S, (as bybeing swung around the vertical pivot or shaft T,) and m indicates earsformed on said shifter, between which the free end of thehorizontally-disposed rod V projects. at indicates set-screws tappedwithin said ears on, whereby said shifter may be adjusted with respectto the end of the rod V in order to regulate the amount of lost motionor play between said rod and ears. Z is a wire loop or analogous devicewhich surrounds the driving-belt R and is rigidly attached to saidshifter, as by a screw-bolt Z the function of said loop Z being merelyto transmit the movements of said shifter to said belt.

The operation of the shifter Z is eifectedby moving the rod V in ahorizontal plane, as will be readily understood by reference to Figs. 1and 2, and said shifter is provided with a brake-shoe 25, adapted toengage the pulley N to stop the rotation of the latter when thedriving-belt R is shifted from the tight pulley M to the loose pulley Q.

0 is a rod or plunger the lower end of which bears upon the bed A, whilethe upper portion of said plunger is housed within the hollow pivot Tand is backed up by a coil-spring 1), thereby forming a counter-poisefor the pouneing-arm and parts connected therewith.

q is a rod or arm carrying at one end an antifriction-roller 0", whilethe opposite end of said rod is adjust-ably secured, as by setscrew .9,uithin a brackets, carried by the pouucing-arm W. The function of thearm and the templet E, upon which the former bears, (by the roller 1",)is simply to guide the pouncing-arm properly around the hatbody, wherebythe action of the pouncingbelt thereon may be rendered uniform, thusovercomingany liability of cutting too deeply into said hat-body at thelonger diameters thereof. It will also be understood that by the use ofsaid adjustable arm q the depth to which the pouncingsurface is requiredto cut may be properly adjusted, so that any degree of fineness of outmay be readily obtained.

The operation of my improved machine is as follows: When at rest, theponncingarmoccupies the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, withthe driving-belt R running upon the loose pulley Q and brake-shoe tbearing against the side of the pulley N. After a hat-body has beenproperly secured over the block 0 the operator grasps the handle u andmoves the pouncing-artn V in a horizontal plane toward the hat-body, butsomewhat above the latter. This movement of said pouncing arm will shiftthe drivingbelt R from the loose pulley Q to the tight pulley M, therebyeifecting the revolution of the hat-block and hat-body secured thereonand also the pouncing-belt and templet E. The pouncing-arm is thendepressed until the guiding-arm q bears against the revolving templetE.Saidpouncing-armisthen guided around said templetby the operator,beginning, preferably, at the tip of the hat-body and finishing at thebrim portion, the operator taking care to keep said guiding-arm incontact with the templet, the experience and judgment of said operatorbeing relied upon to determine the proper amount of pouncing that thehat-body should receive. As soon as the hat-body has been pouncedsulficiently the operator thrusts the pouncing-arm in a horizontal planeaway from said hat-body to the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2,thereby shifting the driving-belt R from the tight pulley'M to the loosepulley Q and cansing the brake-shoe t to engage the pulley N and bringthe parts to a standstill.

The pouncing-belt is of course run at a very high rate of speed; but thespeed of the hatblock and templet is comparatively slow, so that noconsiderable difficulty will be encountered in keeping the pouncing-armguided by said templet.

The revolving templet and hat-block shown in the drawings are round incross-section; but it will of course be understood that the ICC blockand templet may be of any of the usual oval shapes.

Soft hats are usually pounced upon ablock round in cross-section, andininstances where this sort of block is used it is not necessary to employa rotatory templet, since a stationary skeleton templet E of the properconformation, such as is illustrated in Fig. 5, will answer therequirements of this particular class of work equally as well; but Igreatly prefer the rotatory form of templet, for the reason that themachine may be more readily adapted to the various shapes'of blocks.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In ahat-pouncing machine, the combination of a pouncing-arm pivotedas described, pouncing mechanism carried by said arm, suitably-mounteddriving mechanism, operative connections between said driving mechanismand pouncing mechanism, a rotatory hat-block,operative connectionsbetween said block and said driving mechanism, withantomatically-operated instrumentalities intermediate of saidpouncing-arm and driving mechanism, whereby said hat block and ponncingmechanism will be set in motion when said pouncing-arm is moved in adirection toward said hat-block, and brought toa standstill when saidarm is moved in the opposite direction, substantially as set forth.

2. In a hat-pouncingmachine,the combination of a pouncing-arm pivoted asdescribed, ponneing mechanism carried by said arm, suitably-mounteddriving mechanism, operative connections between said driving mechanismand pouncing mechanism, a rotatory hat-block,operative connectionsbetween said hat-block and said driving mechanism, withantomatically-operated instrumentalities in- Iermediate of saidpouncing-arm and driving mechanism, whereby the various rotatory memberswill be set in motion when said ponncing-arm is moved in a directiontoward said hat-block, and brought to a standstill when said arm ismoved in the opposite direction, and an adjustable guide-arm carried bysaid pouncing-arm adapted to bear upon a templet synchronously rotatedwith said hatblock, substantially as set forth.

3. In a hat-pouncing machine, the combination of a pouncing-arm pivotedas described, pouncing mechanism carried by said arm, suitably-mounteddriving mechanism, operative connections between said driving mechanismand pouncing mechanism, a rotatory hat -block, operative connectionsbetween said block and said driving mechanism, withautomatically-operated instrumentalities intermediate of saidpouncing-arm and driving mechanism whereby said pouncing mechanism Willbe set in motion when said pouncing-.

arm is moved in a direction toward said hatblock, and brought to astandstill when said arm is moved in the opposite direction,substantially as set forth.

4. In ahat-pouncing machine, the combination of the bed or frame,pulleys which constitute the driving mechanism suitably journaledthereon, a yoke pivoted so as to swing in a vertical plane, thepouncing-arm swivelly connected to a rod which latter is pivoted to saidyoke in such manner as to be capable of swinging in a horizontal plane,a belt-shifter and brake carried by said yoke and adapted to be engagedby said rod, pouncing mechanism carried by said pouncing-arm, operatiueconnections between said pouncing mechaaism and driving-pulleys, with arotatory hat-block suitably j ournaled on said bed, and operativeconnections between said hatblock and driving-pulleys, substantially asdescribed.

5. In a hat-pouncing machine, the bed or frame, pulleys which constitutethe driving mechanism suitablyjournaled thereon,a yoke or frame pivotedso as to swing in a vertical plane, the pouncing-arm swivelly connectedto a rod which latter is pivoted to said yoke in such manner as to becapable of swinging in a horizontal plane, a belt-shifter carried bysaid yoke and adapted to be engaged by said rod, pouncing mechanismcarried by said pouncing-arm,operative connections between said pouncingmechanism and driving-pulleys, an adjustable guide-arm carried by saidpouncing-arm and adapted to bear upon a suitably-shaped templet, incombination with a rotatory hat-block and operative connections betweensaid hat-block and said drivingpulleys, substantially as described.

Signed at Danbury, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut,this 21st day of October, A. D. 1899.

CHARLES H. REID.

Witnesses:

W. FRANK GORDON, ROBERT S. ALEXANDER.

